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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the direction that has been given by his Department to Clare County Council in respect of the homeowners affected by the pyrite issue; if further information will be provided on the new report that has been requested; the projected timeline for completion of the report; and the level of work required to complete the report....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason homeowners in County Clare affected by the pyrite issue and who have organised themselves into a group (details supplied) have not been included in the recent local property tax exemption that has only included homeowners in counties Mayo and Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has undertaken to date with a group (details supplied); if there is a proposed meeting in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include a representative from a group (details supplied) in further discussions concerning the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37604/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: University Hospital Limerick, UHL, consistently has the highest number of people on trolleys. Yesterday, for example, 42 people were accommodated on trolleys in the hospital. That represents dire, abysmal and abject service provision in 21st century Ireland. We also know that this week 17 registrars and special registrars drafted a letter highlighting a series of concerns, including that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to include in the CSP in order to redistribute funding to smaller and poorer family farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38543/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: My question is on the measures the Minister plans to include in the CSP to redistribute funding to smaller and poorer family farms.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: Gabhaim buíochas for the information that the Minister has provided there. I refer to the flexibilities the Minister has held out for. These have left uncertainty as to what the final result will be, and most pressingly, whether it will abide by the status quoof favour to the bigger farmers or whether it will genuinely reallocate resources and do more to protect the small and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: It is very important to implement a definitive set of upper limit payments to avoid what happened last year, for example. We know that obscene payments were received by some individuals during the last CAP cycle, which some have called criminal. While the average smallholding and farmer struggled to make their vocation viable, reform is well overdue. The fact that the Minister has avoided...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to reform the organic farming scheme to remove preference for larger holdings above smaller farms. [38544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the activity of community group projects across the country; and her views on whether funding is distributed evenly across the country. [38666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (15 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether her Department’s engagement with the charities it provides funding to aligns with human rights models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38667/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank the Ombudsman and the officials from the Department and thank them for their opening statements. My questions are based on the information in their statements and things I found striking. In the Department's commitment to undertake a national survey to ascertain the exact number of individuals who find themselves living involuntarily in nursing homes, assess their will and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank all the speakers, who offer diverse expert voices through advocacy, academia and direct lived experience. Each of them brings an expertise on the issues of institutionalisation. It is an important topic that we are discussing. Deinstitutionalisation has been on the political agenda for at least three successive Governments, following the HSE’s Time to Move On From...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Institutionalisation and the Inappropriate Use of Congregated Settings: Discussion (1 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I thank Ms Flanagan for her responses and for all the good work she does through the Clare Leader Forum. My next questions are to Professor McConkey. Based on his comments on the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings report, the failure to implement a no new admissions policy has meant that there has been an almost one-in-one-out door policy with numbers of admissions, vastly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I echo everybody else's welcome to the guests here today and thank them for their submissions and information, which were very informative. My questions may touch on issues raised previously. I will start with the recent announcement by Aer Lingus and the closure of its cabin crew base. In light of the fact that there has been no commitment to resume the vital Heathrow route, could the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I wish each of our witnesses a good morning. We are indebted to them for their contributions to the meeting, which will inform our work. Our committee has been tasked with accelerating the transition to a social model, person-centred and rights-based approach to supporting disabled people in living independent and full lives. I will make several observations and ask several questions. A...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the recipients of the circular economy innovation grant scheme will be announced; when the grants will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the energy security review of the State’s electricity and natural gas systems; when the review will be completed; when the final report and recommendations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39114/21]